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CONAKRY (Reuters) - At least eight people were confirmed to have drowned and dozens more were feared dead after a boat carrying about 45 passengers capsized off the Guinean capital Conakry on Friday evening, authorities said. "We do not know yet the total number of deaths, but of the more than 45 passengers on board, there have been only a few survivors," said port official Fanyewa Soumah. The motorized wooden boat was ferrying passengers from Conakry to an island off the West African coast.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than 80 commuters were injured when two trains collided in the South African city of Durban on Tuesday, but no deaths were recorded, a spokesman from the national rail authority said. "One train went into the back of the other train, but we are still waiting for the outcome of the full investigation," a spokesman from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa rail said. Most of the 80 injured suffered minor injuries and about 50 people went to the hospital, ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring said.

SANAA, July 11 (Reuters) - A large explosion believed to be a suicide bombing rocked the Yemeni police academy in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, causing dozens of casualties, a police source said. The source said the blast took place as cadets were leaving the academy as classes finished. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Sami Aboudi; Editing by Louise Ireland)

PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a boat carrying migrants capsized south of Sicily, the Italian coastguard said. It said an Italian navy ship in the area reported seeing dozens of dead, including women and children. Separately, the Italian news agency Ansa, citing unnamed sources, put the number of dead at least 50. About 250 people were believed to be on board the ship. Many of the survivors were taken on board Italian and Maltese ships.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian security source said on Sunday that "terrorist groups" have increased attacks in the country since an internationally brokered ceasefire to end violence was announced last week, state television said. "Since the announcement of an end to military operations, terrorist attacks have increased by dozens, causing a large loss of life," state news agency SANA said. SANA said "armed terrorists" killed five people in ambushes around the country on Saturday.

PARIS, July 15 (Reuters) - Dozens of Greenpeace activists entered an EDF nuclear power plant in Tricastin, southern France on Monday, demanding the government shut it down, the environmental campaign group said. EDF could not immediately be reached for comment. "With this action, Greenpeace is asking (President) Francois Hollande to close the Tricastin plant, which is among the five most dangerous in France," Yannick Rousselet, in charge of nuclear issues for Greenpeace France, said in a statement.